Important Current Affairs 5th October 2017 with PDF

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Banking, SSC and Insurance aspirants can now read the Important General Awareness in PDF. Here is an update containing all the important current affairs for 5th October 2017. You can download the Important Current Affairs 5th October 2017 with pdf capsule too.

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Important Current Affairs 5th October 2017

As many as seven women have been named in India’s 100 richest persons list.

Savitri Jindal, with a net worth of USD 7.5 billion ranked at the 16th place.

Savitri Jindal is followed by the Gupta family, which is ranked at the 40th in Forbes magazine’s annual ‘India Rich List 2017’

Special course for untrained teachers

On 4th October 2017, the HRD Ministry started a special training course for untrained teachers, designed by NIOS, called Diploma in Elementary Education.

The HRD Ministry had announced that ‘untrained teachers’ have to complete the Diploma in Elementary Education course, till 2019.

This course would be offered through ‘Swayam’, a platform for online education and knowledge through Dish TV.

National Highways projects launched

Shri Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for four National Highways projects and several shipping projects in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Two highways, one of 26 km between Beodnabad- Ferrargunj and another highway of 56 km between Austin Creek and Kalra Junction are being built.

In addition, Middle Strait Creek Bridge and Humphrey Strait Creek Bridge will also be build.

World Space Week – October 4 -10

World Space Week is observed all over the world from 4th to 10th October 2017.

It was declared as World Space Week in 1999.

It was to mark two big events, first, on October 4th, 1957 Sputnik 1 was launched and second, the signing of The Outer Space Treaty on October 10th 1967.

World Space Week theme for 2017 is ‘Exploring New Worlds In Space’.

Environment Education Portal by WWF

On 4th October 2017, WWF-India, in partnership with Capgemini, launched One Planet Academy, the first environment education portal for students and teachers in India.

The One Planet Academy website is a digital network for schools, teachers and students.

It acts as a training and resource centre for environmental education.

BBC World offers news services

On October 4, 2017, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced the launch of news services in four more Indian languages — Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu.

By this BBC’s Delhi bureau will become its largest bureau outside the United Kingdom.

The news services are available online and on social media, including Facebook and Twitter.

ISRO Cartosat-2

India will add a sixth “eye in the sky”, when ISRO will launch an earth observation satellite belonging to the crucial Cartosat-2 series in November.

This will be the third advanced remote sensing satellite in the Cartosat-2 series to be launched in 2017.

The mission’s primary objective is to provide high-resolution images of designated targets from altitude of about 500 kilometers.

Paryatan Parv

‘Paryatan Parv’ of the Ministry of Tourism begins on Oct 5 across the country.

The Parv is being inaugurated at the Humayun’s Tomb, New Delhi.

Parv will showcase the cultural diversity of the country, with cultural performances, crafts bazaar, food court showcasing folk and classical dance & music, handicrafts & handlooms and cuisine from all regions and States of the country.

Embryo Transfer Technology

Department of Animal husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries in co-operation with 12 States has undertaken a Mass Embryo Transfer programme.

It has been planned to carry out 440 embryo transfers during October 2-10, 2017 throughout the country.

Programme is implemented with the objective of conservation and development of indigenous breeds under Rashtriya Gokul Mission.

PM said the idea of a Yatra existed as an integral part of our culture and will help in increasing tourism.

HDFC Life launches service bot Neo

HDFC Life Insurance Company has launched Neo, a servicing bot for Twitter that uses artificial intelligence for customer service.

The insurer hopes to deploy the bot in answering policy related queries on social media.

The Neo bot will be available 24/7 and has the capability to authenticate customers and give frequently sought details, like fund value, sum assured and premium amount.

Bangladesh signs loan deal with India

Bangladesh on 4 october signed a $4.5-billion loan deal with India for developing its infrastructure, health and education.

Bangladesh will use the funds for 17 priority infrastructure projects, which include electricity, railways, roads, shipping and ports.

Bangladesh will pay an interest rate of 1% a year. It will have 20 years to pay back the loans, with a grace period of five years.

Conference of SAARC Speakers

The 8th Conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians is being held in Colombo.

The three day conference which started on October 4, 2017 is lead by Sumitra Mahajan.

She will speak on the topic Association of the SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians, a platform for the Parliamentarians of South Asia to work together to reach the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development.

No service charge on train till March

Rail passengers will continue to enjoy service charge exemption on tickets booked online till March 2018.

The government had waived service charges after demonetisation in November last year to encourage digital modes of booking.

Service charges on booking train tickets online through IRCTC ranges from Rs 20 to 40 per ticket.

Committee for North Eastern Region

The Government has constituted a committee for proper management of the water resources in the North Eastern Region under the Chairmanship of Vice-Chairman, Niti Aayog.

This is a sequel to the Modi’s visit to Guwahati in August this year to review the flood situation and relief work in the North Eastern States.

Committee would facilitate optimising benefits of appropriate water management.

Strategy to revitalize PPPs in India

The Asian Development Bank, in its report titled “Meeting Asia’s Infrastructure Needs”, has estimated that $4.36 trillion is needed to fix India’s infrastructure deficit by 2030.

That entails more than $300 billion of spending every year for the next 13 years, as compared to recent spend rates of $120 billion per year.

Report further points on the government needs to revitalize PPPs in India

The theme of the conference is ‘Creating Indian Narratives on Global Challenges’.

The summit would discuss issues such as climate change, infrastructure and gender parity, besides demonetisation and the GST.

Samruddhi Corridor

Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s recent two-nation tour has given a boost to the Maharashtra Samruddhi Corridor, with South Korea extending a Rs 35,000-crore loan to the state government.